I read the first book, I think. Before the 100 year timeskip?

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I really didn't like the whole idea about Earth knowing all about Star Trek. Would have rathered it be an Earth completely new to it, it took me out of my immersion many times in the beginning.

Picard was not that much of a coward. He wouldn't let a Vulcan armada bombard Earth, nor would he allow an unprovoked attack like that go without a response. His actions during that period, refusing to use the Enterprise to go to Vulcan, refusing to think of anything else other than Vulcan being an ally in his time, refusing to do much of ANYTHING, really, was so stupid. How many lives could he have saved by stopping the war before it began?

Then there was the issue with the transporter technology being stolen and given to Earth. He knew there was a spy on board, but the author didn't go any further into it (at least before the timeskip). I assumed it was the bitch who was so easily swayed by the terrorist's groups leader, but I dunno.

Then the Enterprise gets totaled during the last fight and made into a motherfucking space station. What the flying fuck. It's the one thing they have to survive in this time period, and they don't even take the time to rebuild it? The Enterprise being a space station is what made me hesitate reading any further.

And yeah, the lack of character development kills it. If the author is going for a time spanning series (given the 100 year timeskip), he should have made Data the main character and focus on him for the entirety of the story. There were too many scenes I gave no shit about because I didn't care for the characters, like Monroe. Too many characters, should have just stuck with the bridge crew, or just with Data.

 

Does this ever stop being about death and destruction and traitors/sociopaths causing intergalactic wars, Xandrel?